I read the article and my point still stands. Put yourself in the shoes of the patient (who largely drives their own care for these situations). You get covid, you go into the dr with a cough and say "dr, this is getting bad, and I'm obese and scared!"
The dr goes, "well, we have this drug that was proven to be slightly effective in double blind placebo controlled trials. It has no adverse side-effects. But a large scale study showed it might not actually be effective. Would you like to try that?"
The patient, who is probably on medicare or hit their deductible, is going to say yes give me that shit.
People have been saying this same thing about the over-prescription of antibiotics for ages but nothing has changed.
The dr goes, "well, we have this drug that was proven to be slightly effective in double blind placebo controlled trials. It has no adverse side-effects. But a large scale study showed it might not actually be effective. Would you like to try that?"
The patient, who is probably on medicare or hit their deductible, is going to say yes give me that shit.
People have been saying this same thing about the over-prescription of antibiotics for ages but nothing has changed.